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They made the F1-12 buttons require the Fn key, and the shit like volume and brightness adjustments are the primary function now. It used to be the other way around, as God intended. Now I have to press Fn + Mute to refresh my browser.

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Oh that's neat. I'll check if this one has that. It's an HP though.

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You might have something similar in the BIOS.

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Yeah, I'll have to check that. There's no Fn lock on the keyboard as far as I can tell, and Fn + Esc shows system information (files.catbox.moe).

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Try this: https://support.hp.com/ie-en/document/ish_5878386-5878448-16

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